Famous People Who Died of drug overdose

• Belushi, John

  Bluto in Animal House

• Bruce, Lenny

  Edgy, arrest-prone 1960's comedian

• Dandridge, Dorothy

  Star of the movie Carmen Jones

• Epstein, Brian

  The first manager of The Beatles

• Farley, Chris

  Star of TV's Saturday Night Live

• Garland, Judy

  The actress who played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz

• Geldof, Peaches

  The star of Peaches Geldof: Teenage Mind

• Hendrix, Jimi

  Performer of "Purple Haze"

• Hoffman, Abbie

  The yippie who wrote Steal This Book

• Joplin, Janis

  1960s blues/rock singer of "Me and Bobby McGee"

• Ledger, Heath

  The Brokeback Mountain star who died at age 28

• McCoy, Kid

  Barnstorming boxer who may have been "The Real McCoy"

• McPherson, Aimee Semple

  The popular 1920s preacher who disappeared

• Monroe, Marilyn

  Hollywood's most famous blonde sex symbol

• Parsons, Gram

  The Flying Burrito Brother who helped countrify 1960s rock

• Perry, Matthew

  Chandler Bing on the TV series Friends

• Petty, Tom

  The singer of "Breakdown"

• Phoenix, River

  The narcoleptic hustler in My Own Private Idaho

• Smith, Anna Nicole

  The blonde bombshell celebrity who died suddenly in 2007

• Yates, Paula

  The host of TV's Big Breakfast who died suddenly in 2000

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